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English word origin

Etymology of hyper

Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-.

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Source etymology 1

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adj

Energetic; overly diligent. · Clipping of hyperactive. · Of or related to hyper characters. · Extremely exaggerated in size and/or involving an excessive amount of substances, like bodily fluids.

verb

To subject (a film or plate) to photographic hypersensitization, chiefly as a technique in astrophotography. · To expose (an animal) to a disease-causing organism, to promote hyperimmunity.

noun

Clipping of hyperextension. · Clipping of hypersexuality. · Clipping of hyperspace. · Clipping of hyperthyroidism.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-.

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